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Very detailed travelogue on visiting the remotest inhabited islands in the world: Tristan da Cunha and St. Helena, as well as S. Africa, Malaysia and Singapore, and Indonesia. Very informative, full of tips, history, what it was like to visit and stay there, indexed by country. Visit my webpage for this and other downloadable travelogues: http://www.tcp.com/~lgreenf
These are fascinating islands. Tristan has only 238 people, all with same 7 last names.
Remotest Islands in World St Helena, Tristan da Cunha + S Africa Malaysia, More
Larry2006-05-27 03:40:04
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and domes, the new mall has an opulant look, even though the stores inside
are the same ones you'd find anywhere else in the country. The mall is
divided into two large sections, and as you're allowed only one hour of free
parking, we looked around one area for an hour before going out to move the
car for another hour of free parking. Pick 'N Pay and Clerks had both
closed by the time we found them (9:30pm), but downstairs in the food court
I bought a schwarma for R14.95/US$1.99, letting Kritz try a bit of mine as
he had never tried one before. If you're an American, the mall is nothing
out of the ordinary, but for Kritz (a 65yr-old retired South African), I can
see where it really might be something different than what he's probably
used to (one thing different than American malls: bomb bags, of the same
type I saw at the V&A).
On the drive back from Century City I listened as Kritz told me South
African history from the Afrikaaner point of view, and once back in town, we
stopped at the 7-11 on Kloof Street -- but as they were out of the cheese
Kritz was looking for, we made a stop at the 7-11 on Vredehoek St. and
Buitenkant St. as well (the one I'd usually stop at while walking), as Kritz
was good friends with one of the guys working there.
Misc. notes: in South Africa none of the stores (from the supermarkets to
the 7-11s) have pre-sliced bread -- instead, the bread is sold whole, and
each store has a bread slicer for people to use... and the oft-used South
African expression "just now" doesn't mean "now" as it would in American
English, but rather "sometime later."
Dec. 30: Cape Town / RMS St. Helena / Cape Town
Today I was to board the Royal Mail Ship RMS St. Helena and set sail for
St. Helena. Waking up early, I walked down to the KwikSpar before breakfast
to
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
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Malaysia Gallery
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Saint Helena Gallery
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Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
